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Bending door hinges

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Subject: Bending door hinges
From: "Jay Laifman" <Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 08:32:44 -0800
Now here is my latest cry for HELP!!!!!  One of my doors seems to be
positioned too far back and I can't get the door to close because the latch
seems to be too tight.  Here's what I know so far.  The paint shop removed
the original hinges and some broke while they were pushing out the pins to
repair them.  So, the door now has hinges from another car.  Rick tells me
that he has never seen two hinges match and figured that they were set at
the factory.  The gap around the door is even up and down the front and
back - except very narrow in the back, and about 3/16 in the front.  Rick
had first suggested that the car may be bending down, causing the doors to
pinch.  But, the other door works fine, and the gaps are perfectly even.
Rick suggested pulling off the hinges and squeezing them in a vice.  Any
one been there, done that?  Shouldn't I heat it first?

Thanks for any thoughts.

Jay



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